CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — William Byron will replace Kasey Kahne next season at Hendrick Motorsports, the latest teenager to earn a promotion to NASCAR's top level.The 19-year-old Byron will drive the No. 5 Chevrolet in the Cup series...

SPARTA, Ky. (AP) — Matt Kenseth wants to race next year but says he has no job lined up and likely has no future at Joe Gibbs Racing.Kenseth is the 2003 champion and two-time Daytona 500 winner. He is in his fifth season driving for Gibbs...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Five-time Brickyard 400 winner Jeff Gordon will lead the field into the race one more time next month — as the pace-car driver.Gordon competed in each of the first 23 races on the historic 2.5-mile oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway that is not far from his childhood…

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s announcement that he will retire from racing at the end of the season. Earnhardt is a 14-time winner of NASCAR's most popular driver award. He has 26 career Cup victories, and that includes a pair of wins in the Daytona 500...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kurt Busch and Tony Stewart can cross a Daytona 500 victory off their wish list.Busch was an also-ran following his first 15 starts in NASCAR's season-opening race before taking the checkered flag with a surge on the last lap...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon will drive the honorary pace car for Sunday's Daytona 500.Gordon will lead the field to green behind the wheel of a 2017 Camaro ZL1.Gordon, a three-time Daytona 500 champion, will then call the race broadcast for Fox...